Fathers’ involvement in early childhood care: A Qualitative Study
Keywords:
Fathers’ involvement, Early childhood, Early childcare, A qualitative studyAbstract
This descriptive qualitative research aimed to explain fathers’ involvement in early childhood care in Health Region 5. A total of 32 people were selected by the purposive method. The informants included fathers who had children aged 3-5 years, a person in charge of child development in subdistrict health promoting hospital, and teacher in a child development center. Semi-structured interviews were used as a tool and for data collection until the information was saturated. The tool was verified by an expert. The data were transcribed verbatims and analyzed using the content analysis method.
The results revealed the perspectives of fathers’ involvement in early childhood care that provided
three main perspectives: 1) shared responsibility 2) interaction with children and 3) needs for help and support
Recommendations: This knowledge can be used to adapt the appropriate involvement of fathers in child care and the right to be in line with the needs of the father.
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